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Rampant Abuse and Murders of Children
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Charlotte Observer

ELGIN An Elgin mother and her boyfriend were in jail after her 22-month-old son walked away from their house Sunday for the second time in eight days.

Jacklyn Marie Jacobson, the 25-year-old mother, and her boyfriend, 21-year-old Jose Bleckler Gloria, both of Ashley Creek Drive in Elgin, were in the Kershaw County Detention Center on charges of unlawful neglect of a child, Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said. The boy and a 6-month-old baby, who also lived in the home, have been taken into protective custody by the S.C. Department of Social Services, he said.

The boy's first disappearance on April 1 made headlines after Matthews gave credit to the family dog for saving the child's life by cuddling with him throughout the night.

The 22-month-old was discovered about 11:20 a.m. Sunday by a neighbor, who lives about a third of a mile from the Jacobson house, Matthews said. The neighbor heard the child crying and went outside.

"He didn't know who he was so he called 911," Matthews said.

At the scene, deputies figured out that the boy was the same child who was reported missing April 1, Matthews said. Deputies called the S.C. Department of Social Services after finding the boy, he said. He was not injured.

The mother and boyfriend were at home when the boy was found, Matthews said. And another man who lives in the house was out looking for him, the sheriff said. The boy's biological father is in the military and is stationed in Hawaii. The 6-month-old is the child of Jacobson and Gloria, Matthews said.

When the child was reported missing the first time, his mother told deputies that he disappeared after leaving a bedroom where the family was watching a movie to get some juice. The family called 911 for help around 8:45 p.m. and a 25-person search party spent the night hunting for him. The search included bloodhounds and a helicopter with infrared equipment.

The next day, a man walking down the street told searchers that he heard a child crying in some woods. The boy was found about a quarter mile from his home with the family's Labrador retriever-mix dog. The boy was wearing a diaper and a T-shirt. He was cold but otherwise unharmed, and the sheriff said the dog probably saved the boy's life by keeping him warm overnight. Previous story

State Department of Social Services investigators were called to the home the first time the child wandered off, and the home was found in a "deplorable" condition, the sheriff reported. He said he understood that social services workers had planned a follow-up inspection at the home and had ordered the family to clean up.

On Sunday, Matthews said the family's home still was filthy. DSS will inspect the home this morning before a bail hearing, he said.

Matthews said he could not explain why the boy was allowed to return home after he walked away the first time.



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Happens way to often - by Meow - 09-05-2011, 09:10 AM
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